Statistics of U.S. Businesses: 2008:
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| By detailed employment size | By year | By industry |
| Employment size of enterprise | Firms |
Estab- lish- ments |
Paid employees |
Annual payroll ($1,000) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All firms | 17,213 | 28,872 | 433,582 | 9,894,073 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 9,251 | 9,277 | 17,402 | 390,629 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 3,655 | 3,731 | 24,161 | 510,726 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 2,016 | 2,247 | 26,238 | 616,614 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 1,373 | 2,148 | 47,171 | 1,390,153 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 383 | 1,337 | 33,982 | 1,117,991 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 535 | 10,132 | 284,628 | 5,867,960 |
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Year | Firms by employment size of enterprise | Paid employees by employment size of enterprise | ||||||
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| Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | ||
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2008 | 17,213 | 13.3% | 5.3% | 3.1% | 433,582 | 84.4% | 73.5% | 65.6% |
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2006 | 17,900 | 13.7% | 5.2% | 3.1% | 441,222 | 84.5% | 72.6% | 64.3% |
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2005 | 17,974 | 13.4% | 5.0% | 3.0% | 424,451 | 84.0% | 71.9% | 63.3% |
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2004 | 17,837 | 13.8% | 5.1% | 3.1% | 432,816 | 83.9% | 71.6% | 63.3% |
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2003 | 17,709 | 13.9% | 5.2% | 3.2% | 405,359 | 83.3% | 70.5% | 61.8% |
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2002 | 17,661 | 13.9% | 5.4% | 3.3% | 405,513 | 83.0% | 70.6% | 62.4% |
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2001 | 17,719 | 14.1% | 5.4% | 3.3% | 399,336 | 82.9% | 69.9% | 61.5% |
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2000 | 17,498 | 14.3% | 5.5% | 3.4% | 398,687 | 82.8% | 69.6% | 61.7% |
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1999 | 17,553 | 14.2% | 5.5% | 3.4% | 396,336 | 82.6% | 69.6% | 61.6% |
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1998 | 17,841 | 14.4% | 5.5% | 3.4% | 381,557 | 81.6% | 68.0% | 59.5% |
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NAICS code |
Industry title (with link to definition) |
Firms by employment size of enterprise | Paid employees by employment size of enterprise | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | ||
| 44-45 | Retail trade | 17,213 | 13.3% | 5.3% | 3.1% | 433,582 | 84.4% | 73.5% | 65.6% |
| 441 | Motor vehicle and parts dealers | 2,403 | 22.0% | 6.2% | 1.6% | 55,969 | 84.6% | 56.7% | 27.0% |
| 442 | Furniture and home furnishings stores | 1,218 | 13.1% | 5.8% | 3.7% | 15,836 | 69.6% | 53.3% | 48.6% |
| 443 | Electronics and appliance stores | 663 | 13.6% | 7.2% | 4.4% | 14,747 | 83.3% | D | 62.1% |
| 444 | Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers | 1,366 | 19.2% | 5.4% | 2.6% | 36,846 | 82.7% | 66.4% | 59.3% |
| 445 | Food and beverage stores | 2,012 | 10.3% | 3.4% | 2.2% | 75,075 | 90.7% | 84.5% | 81.8% |
| 446 | Health and personal care stores | 949 | 13.8% | 5.7% | 4.2% | 23,473 | 81.8% | 71.2% | 68.8% |
| 447 | Gasoline stations | 2,169 | 8.6% | 3.1% | 1.6% | 30,383 | 63.1% | 50.7% | 39.8% |
| 448 | Clothing and clothing accessories stores | 1,602 | 19.6% | 14.5% | 10.7% | 44,696 | 88.3% | 83.7% | 79.9% |
| 451 | Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores | 1,069 | 11.4% | 5.6% | 3.4% | 17,350 | 76.7% | D | 60.2% |
| 452 | General merchandise stores | 209 | 14.4% | 12.4% | 12.0% | 81,290 | 99.3% | D | 99.2% |
| 453 | Miscellaneous store retailers | 2,462 | 8.7% | 3.1% | 1.7% | 23,080 | 59.4% | 42.6% | 34.3% |
| 454 | Nonstore retailers | 1,222 | 13.3% | 5.2% | 3.4% | 14,837 | 73.8% | 53.5% | 43.8% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 44 |